Eric Belanger

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Geek of many trades: IT guy, GNU/Linux (+FSF Supporter!), Photography, EDM/Trance/DnB/Eurobeat, Rocket League.... So many things, no free time!

Toots (Mastodon posts) are mostly in English, otherwise en Français.

See my website for quick links to other all social networks, "linktree" style.

Websitehttps://bilange.ca
LanguagesFrench (Native), English (Fluent), Portugues (interested, but knows too little)
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Eric BelangerMar 22

I'm 99% sure that my GrapheneOS install previously ignored Amber Alerts while in Do not Disturb mode. Now I explicitely disabled them because of repeated alerts of this type during the night.

I've seen a comment that CRTC hard codes all alerts as a Presidential/National types? Hopefully that's not the case...

Eric BelangerFeb 4
Are you trying to tell me that putting a WinXP box directly on the internet is not secu--CONNECTION RESET BY PEER
Eric BelangerDec 28
I just received a unsollicitated SMS asking if i'll attend to work's "golf business meeting"; as a Canadian, playing golf at Christmas is simply impossible. I don't think you could have picked a worse timing for that spam SMS!
Eric BelangerAug 5, 2025

Say what you want about #chatgpt , but it has saved by butt right now. Bought an el-cheapo USB panel light that came with a desk mount (I now have 3 of the same type of those cheap desk mount, those work rathel well IMO). The panel light had an 1/4" thread insert while the desk mount I received with it had a male 3/8" threaded pin. This means I can't screw the panel on to the provided desk mount.

Asked ChatGPT to create an adapter using OpenSCAD (pictured). One go, straight to the 3D printer, first model using PLA was FLAWLESS. This saved me the hassle of either asking for support/refund or finding an overpriced adapter on online stores.

Total cost of filament: 0,11$ CAD, 0.08$ USD.

I still get the same feeling of excitement like when I discovered the "world wide web" back then for things that magically works like this situation.

Eric BelangerJul 31, 2025
I just stumbled upon Algorave by accident. That led me to Strudel, and i'm having my mind blown currently. I don't have enough music (theory) knowledge to fiddle around with it, but this looks REALLY cool as a concept.
Eric BelangerJul 23, 2025

Phew, I made a handwired keyboard! I don't know soldering much, so it barely holds in a functional state 😅

I've been using the Redox keyboard for 5 years now but one I bought commercially started to be unstable for use, so I had to make one. In this economy, I don't have 250+ euros for a keyboard anymore.

Link to the Redox project: https://github.com/mattdibi/redox-keyboard

Eric BelangerApr 11, 2025
Well I'll be damned. I did something with my hands. what you're looking for is a custom made Micro USB to Micro USB cable for an upcoming project. It may look horrible for a dozen of reasons, but I made it. (I already have female Micro USB connectors for my project. No actual USB protocol is gonna be used)
Eric BelangerFeb 20, 2025

At long* last! (To add context, I was left rotting into a helpdesk role indefinitely with the previous company owner.)

*: I might even dare to say "unsigned long int*" to that, as a C programming joke. Because that was SEVERELY overdue.

Show threadEric BelangerJul 4, 2024
Also, shoutout to @GrapheneOS for still supporting the Pixel 5 after Google pulled the plug. My Pixel 5 will eventually find a second life with my significant other.
Show threadEric BelangerJul 4, 2024
One thing to note is that I wanted initially to pay someone to repair the Pixel 5 camera and change the battery while we were at it. Cell repair shop told me that there's a non-zero percent chance of damaging the display, doubling the repair pricing only with the display. As a primary and only phone, I didn't like the plan, and was getting expensive. As a now secondary phone, I wouldn't mind ordering the parts off ifixit and DIY the whole thing.